Supermarket chain Safeway has reported net income of $131.3mfor the first quarter ended 26 March 2005 compared to $43.1m for the first quarter of 2004.
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Total sales increased to $8.6bn in the first quarter of 2005 compared to $7.7 billion in the first quarter of 2004. Sales in the first quarter of 2004 were reduced by a strike in Southern California that covered eight weeks of the 12-week quarter. Additionally, Easter holiday sales occurred in first quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2004. Excluding sales at strike-affected stores, comparable store sales increased 4.4% and identical store sales (which exclude replacement stores) increased 4.0% for the first quarter of 2005.
“We are pleased with our first quarter,” said Steve Burd, chairman, president and CEO. “We believe our results are directly related to the strategy we developed nearly three years ago and to the tremendous efforts of our employees to deliver our consumer proposition.”
